839: Inside India’s Dark Spiritual Realm
The Confessionals
Merkel Media
4.6 • 6.1K Ratings
🗓️ 24 February 2026
⏱️ 140 minutes
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Pastor Troy Brewer and Ben Brewer, from OpenDoor Church in Dallas, Texas, join Tony to pull back the curtain on a ministry that doesn’t just preach freedom, it hunts it down. From funding and executing rescues to stepping into nations where trafficking networks operate in plain sight, they share stories of walking straight into danger to bring people out. Their travels abroad read like something out of a thriller, filled with sudden spiritual confrontations, close calls, and moments where survival hinged on obedience and prayer. Yet behind the intensity is a relentless conviction that Jesus still sets captives free in real time. This episode is a gripping look at faith in action, where the fight against human trafficking is personal, costly, and anything but theoretical.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everyone, before we get to this week's show, this is just your weekly reminder to please continue to pray for my wife, Lindsay. |
| 0:05.0 | She is battling breast cancer right now, and we're praying for complete healing in Jesus' name. |
| 0:10.1 | Thank you. |
| 0:11.8 | Merkel. |
| 0:13.9 | Media. |
| 0:18.4 | This was all circulating around the base that a giant had to killed, but no one was supposed to talk about it. |
| 0:24.6 | I saw three long, bony fingers, reach up underneath the door, curl up to grab it, and then disappear. |
| 0:33.6 | When he came over to me, dude, he slithered over to me. |
| 0:45.4 | And this giant comes out of the cave and they're all frozen. |
| 0:49.1 | And he starts running and firing up this giant. |
| 0:52.2 | With a giant move, he's got a spear in one hand, and he's running really fast. |
| 0:57.8 | It spears, Dan, holds him up like this. |
| 1:01.7 | Somebody else, shoot him in the face, shoot him in the face. |
| 1:03.9 | They basically decapitated. |
| 1:07.7 | Got closer, got closer, got closer, got closer, |
| 1:10.1 | when he got about 15 yards away from me, I raised that 12 days and I blow this head on. |
| 1:15.6 | I feel something pulling at my leg, and I look over and there are two small gray entities pulling it. |
| 1:24.6 | And they're literally, I'm getting pulled off the bed. |
| 1:27.8 | I reached my hand into this bush, and I touch air. |
| 1:31.5 | Couldn't breathe, and I couldn't move. |
| 1:33.8 | Because I know I'm seeing a monster. |
| 2:00.0 | Yeah! Yeah! Welcome to the show, everybody, listening to the Confessionals podcast. |
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